Here's a query for BlueSky butterfly experts. I would welcome confirmation that this image - taken in Latvia in April 2012 - is what I think it is: a Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell. If so, presumably it was a migrant as it seems to be out of range? @richardfoxbc.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social
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https://lvafa.vraa.gov.lv/faili/materiali/petijumi/2017/DU_DIVIC_171/LVAF_taurini.pdf
Kārklu raibenis (Nymphalis xanthomelas), scarce tortoiseshell
https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/dzive--stils/vide-un-dzivnieki/17.04.2023-gaisi-raibi-latvija-ziemojosi-vai-no-talienes-atlidojusi-kadi-ir-taurini.a504587/